Microsoft Aims for Richer Web
Microsoft dialed into the National Association of Broadcasters convention in
Las Vegas and
showed
off Silverlight, a new tool for building rich interactive Web apps and for
running TV-quality video in a browser.
The widespread perception is that Microsoft is way behind Google and other
competitors when it comes to Web apps and Software as a Service. But as one
of the founders of Redmond Developer News
magazine, which covers Microsoft's
development tools, I'm not so sure.
I'd argue that if you are trying to write these kinds of apps, no one has a
deeper portfolio of tools than Microsoft.
Posted by Doug Barney on April 17, 2007 at 11:52 AM